Your sunrise and sunset pictures are the best. And I always particularly enjoy the sunrise pictures … because it’s usually the only way I see sunrises 🙂
Sometimes Travel magazines have contests where people have to guess where a photo was taken. This would make a good guessing picture. To me it doesn’t look like it’s in North America.
as I recall some hills in the distance off that road, although it’s been quite some time since I’ve been north of Carrington. I’ve been in Carrington in recent years, but not north on 281.
Actually, that is taken about 20 miles west of Hatton, but facing N NE, in the direction of Northwood.
What appears to be hills, are I think, actually mostly trees. The location of this shot is on one of the western shorelines of Glacial Lake Agassiz, looking east over where the lake used to be some 2-400,000,000 years ago. (So the elevation drops as you travel east from here.)
Hey, I’ve been hiding a whole forest, the Pembina Forest, up on the NE corner of ND. I should do a photo trip up there sometime, but you probably wouldn’t believe I was still in ND, ha!
This picture is so simple, yet so fantastic. I’d forgotten how green grass can be. I also love just the hint of hills and the view that seemingly goes on forever. It was hard to pick my favorite, but I’m going to go with this one. All of your skylines were wonderful.
I think the clouds attracked my attention first, then I had to figure out something else to go with them, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that effect on the wheat also.
Hey NDD – I was trying to choose a favorite, not easy to do cause I appreciated different aspects in each of the photos.
This is the one that kept returning to my mind. There is just something about this that offers respite to me, something I find soothing. I know the colors have that effect, like sipping water.
In my mind’s I eye removed all the colors and found your photo still very interesting, yet restful. The changing textures of the wheat, the trees, and the sky draw me in, maybe cause the fluffiness of the wheat in the foreground makes me want to touch it.
I appreciate your thoughts on the photos, this one in particular.
I try not to take the vistas of ND for granted. That’s a whole lot less likely to happen now after your comments and the others who have commented here.
Hope to run into you in other threads now that I’m “reactivated”, getting back into the fray once again. (I sort of took a little sabbatical there for a while.)
And if it wasn’t for Olivia’s example doing macros and both Olivia and AndiF convincing me that I had a macro feature on my camera, I’d’ve missed out on those too.
Wow! The color!
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight :o)
I was in Wisconsin a few years back, and being from the east coast I was fascinated with how the sky out that way seems to go on forever. This picture reminds me of that.
And for me, hopping in the car and heading out into the landscape works really well to dissipate the mental negativities that accumulate when living in the city.
Finally settling down to look at some pics in the fotofair – what a gorgeous collection you have treated
us to! ND just as I remember it – where the sky meets the earth in so many totally unobstructed vistas.
I’m glad people are getting to see how beautiful a place it can be.
Taken April 22, 2006
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That’s a very good picture NDD. How many days of standing by it did it take to get that picture.
Taken April 22, 2006
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I really like this photo. It looks like it’s in an aquarium!
A fortuitous event happened in that at dusk I ran out of light, so the flash kicked in. This had the effect of leaving the background black.
So I lucked out, and I learned something, ha!
View is looking East NorthEast, Taken April 27, 2006
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Your sunrise and sunset pictures are the best. And I always particularly enjoy the sunrise pictures … because it’s usually the only way I see sunrises 🙂
Sunsets way outnumber sunrises for me too. But I’m working on seeing more of the latter, and hopefully a few more photos down the trail.
Taken April 28, 2006 Glacial Lake Agassiz
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Sometimes Travel magazines have contests where people have to guess where a photo was taken. This would make a good guessing picture. To me it doesn’t look like it’s in North America.
This looks like it was taken looking to the West from US281 somewhere near Carrington. Am I close?
as I recall some hills in the distance off that road, although it’s been quite some time since I’ve been north of Carrington. I’ve been in Carrington in recent years, but not north on 281.
Actually, that is taken about 20 miles west of Hatton, but facing N NE, in the direction of Northwood.
What appears to be hills, are I think, actually mostly trees. The location of this shot is on one of the western shorelines of Glacial Lake Agassiz, looking east over where the lake used to be some 2-400,000,000 years ago. (So the elevation drops as you travel east from here.)
Taken May 8, 2006
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Taken June 19, 2006, View is looking East SouthEast
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Look at that sky!
Love that blue sky … <sigh>
I did figure that was you:)
This is one of my favorites too. I’m amazed sometimes at how well this little digital camera captures the colours.
The tree in foreground and the sky remind me of a Maxfield Parrish painting.
and thanks for the introduction to Maxfield Parrish’s work, I see he does have a liking for trees and sky.
where ya been hiding them? 😀
All of these are great photos, NDD. You have a wonderful eye.
Hey, I’ve been hiding a whole forest, the Pembina Forest, up on the NE corner of ND. I should do a photo trip up there sometime, but you probably wouldn’t believe I was still in ND, ha!
My fave.
This picture is so simple, yet so fantastic. I’d forgotten how green grass can be. I also love just the hint of hills and the view that seemingly goes on forever. It was hard to pick my favorite, but I’m going to go with this one. All of your skylines were wonderful.
Why don’t you come for a visit next June? See all that green for yourself!
True “big sky” country!
Taken July 9, 2006 Hard Red Spring Wheat
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I love all of the layers of shades and color in this photo.
I appreciate the feedback, especially coming from one of the master landscape-photographing Fs!
Oh my – that is gorgeous! The green brings tears to my eyes.
I guess you guys aren’t going to let me take the green in my life for granted ever again, which is great.
Speaking of green, sometimes just before sundown the green on the John Deere tractor would almost glow green.
This one is my favorite. The wheat in front looks almost like it was painted instead of photographed and the clouds are perfect.
it’s really great to get this feedback.
I think the clouds attracked my attention first, then I had to figure out something else to go with them, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that effect on the wheat also.
Hey NDD – I was trying to choose a favorite, not easy to do cause I appreciated different aspects in each of the photos.
This is the one that kept returning to my mind. There is just something about this that offers respite to me, something I find soothing. I know the colors have that effect, like sipping water.
In my mind’s I eye removed all the colors and found your photo still very interesting, yet restful. The changing textures of the wheat, the trees, and the sky draw me in, maybe cause the fluffiness of the wheat in the foreground makes me want to touch it.
Thanks for sharing North Dakota.
I appreciate your thoughts on the photos, this one in particular.
I try not to take the vistas of ND for granted. That’s a whole lot less likely to happen now after your comments and the others who have commented here.
Hope to run into you in other threads now that I’m “reactivated”, getting back into the fray once again. (I sort of took a little sabbatical there for a while.)
I love the close-ups of the seeds. They are the kind of thing I would walk right past and not notice. Thanks for making me stop and see them.
And if it wasn’t for Olivia’s example doing macros and both Olivia and AndiF convincing me that I had a macro feature on my camera, I’d’ve missed out on those too.
Aug 4, 2006
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by this photo. It’s beautiful.
wow!
What a great collection! This one is my favorite.
it’s been great fun to get all this feed back on my photos.
Thanks also to Andi, Steven D, and Olvia for their comments on this one.
Your sunrise and sunset pix are amazing.
These sky pictures are spectacular. They make me miss the great plains, though I’m a hill girl by heritage.
The sky and the plains of ND will be waiting for you:)
Taken Sept 1, 2006 Prairie Schooner
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Wow! The color!
Red sky at night, sailor’s delight :o)
I was in Wisconsin a few years back, and being from the east coast I was fascinated with how the sky out that way seems to go on forever. This picture reminds me of that.
Thanks, super
Double wow!
Taken Sept 12, 2006
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Is so overshadowed by the Prairie Schooner’s Delight … lol … but it’s a lovely flower. Looks like a petal explosion.
is a great descriptive for that one!
Beautiful!
I’m particularly drawn to the landscapes. Makes me want to hop in my car and start driving straight to North Dakota.
Kahli: You might want to postpone your trip until April or May.
Global Warming, which has accounted for what I call “Denver” winters here the past several years.
And for me, hopping in the car and heading out into the landscape works really well to dissipate the mental negativities that accumulate when living in the city.
Visit ND sometime!!!
Finally settling down to look at some pics in the fotofair – what a gorgeous collection you have treated
us to! ND just as I remember it – where the sky meets the earth in so many totally unobstructed vistas.
I’m glad people are getting to see how beautiful a place it can be.
Thanks Curly! It really is an amazing landscape.
You’ll have to come back to visit ND sometime. I’ll keep some lefse on hand for ya!